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aldian159 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 05:01 PM
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Poll question: Hypothetical: Kerry comes out and apologizes for IRW
The man gets down on his knees and begs for forgiveness. He's 100% sincere.

What's your response?
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LuminousX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 05:05 PM
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1. It depends on his commitment
Edited on Thu Feb-19-04 05:05 PM by LuminousX
If the next day we capture Osama in Iraq, will Kerry be saying "See, it was a good thing we went into Iraq and it was a good thing I supported Bush's decision to do that."

John Kerry is Mealy-mouthed.
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liberalnurse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 05:06 PM
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2. He needs to really mean it and give
Dean credit for his efforts to expose *bush's lies about the IWR.

That will work.
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sweetcee Donating Member (93 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 05:09 PM
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3. It also
is not gonna happen.
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liberalnurse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 05:35 PM
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14. I kinda thought it would be a cold
day in 7734.
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Qutzupalotl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 05:13 PM
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4. He could do it, and make it work.
It would be easy. "I'm sorry I ever trusted the pResident."
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ibegurpard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 05:15 PM
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5. This won't happen
It's not a big enough deal for the majority of the population so they won't do it. But I think they underestimate how big of a deal it is for enough people to possibly hurt him.
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Guaranteed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 05:22 PM
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9. He can't win.
This is why he's a bad choice. He's stuck in the middle.

This is only going to happen over and over.
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flaminbats Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 05:28 PM
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10. Intelligent leaders learn from mistakes, rather than passing the buck...
besides, I thought Shrub was the waffler-in-chief. First we can expect him to backtrack and acknowledge Iraq was a disaster, then he'll try to pin the blame for our dead American troops on Congress and Rumsfeld.
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charlie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 05:16 PM
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6. I'd smack him
I was utterly dismayed with his vote, but it's too late for that. The RNC would eviscerate him -- flip-flopping on the most important issue of our time, too soft to be Commander in Chief, pandering to the patchouli peaceniks in his party, blah, blah. He can apologize after he's in office.
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 05:16 PM
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7. If he meant it, I'd forgive him. n/t
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Guaranteed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 05:19 PM
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8. I tell you right now...the first candidate between Kerry and Edwards
to come clean and make it very clear that they know what they did was wrong would for sure get my vote in the GE. I'm not talking about saying, "I'm sorry I trusted Bush," because that's shirking responsibility. But, admitting that they should have stood up for what was right when it mattered would be a helluva good start in regaining MY trust and their integrity.

Until they admit that what they did was WRONG, I will have a very tough time bringing myself to the polls for them.
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jmaier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 05:34 PM
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13. I'm sympathetic to your feelings
but either Kerry or Edwards making a public pronouncement like that would be a very, very stupid political move at this juncture in the election.
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Guaranteed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 05:37 PM
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16. Well, it depends on how you look at it.
Yeah, it could make it tougher to scrum in the middle, but it would shore up his left flank MASSIVELY.

I think Kerry would win a couple million votes in the GE simply for apologizing.

It would also be a back-handed slap at Bush- really, it would be pretty psychologically devastating to the Repukes to see Kerry distancing himself from the Iraq War like that. I actually think that he could pull it off if he did it correctly.

Maybe he should wait until after the nomination, though.
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tobius Donating Member (947 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 05:29 PM
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11. Who would believe he was sincere?
It would just reinforce the "waffler" stereotype.
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Guaranteed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 05:33 PM
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12. I'd believe it (delivered properly)
I actually think that if he wants to unite the party, he HAS to do this.

Dean supporters aren't going to budge much- he could very well lose without their support.
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 05:36 PM
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15. Other:
The line of demarcation for attrition will be moved.
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Guaranteed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 05:39 PM
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17. The line hasn't moved up until now.
Why would it move then?

He actually moved closer to it before Saddam's capture...and people recognized it here on DU. He gained support, and the line did NOT move then.
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